u/ButterChickenIncel

Hello everyone. I am new into learning the Arabic language. Some questions.

1. Why is the emphatic "DH" consonant (ظ) pronounced the same as "z" (ز) in both modern standard Arabic (MSA) and many local dialects.

2. In what specific contexts do we use the "because" conjugation in sentences as "لِأنَّ (li-anna)" or "بِسَبَب (bisabab)"? Are there grammatical rules for it? Or is it dependent on the dialects? Or both can be used interchangeably?

It would be of great help for anyone here to answer these questions.

شُكْرًا!

Every kid has only ever dreamt of becoming "Astronaut" , "Doctor", "Author", "Film actor", "Sportsman", "Teacher" and so on. No kid has ever uttered a string of words like "Aspire to be an Associate Senior Manager at Nashville Marketing and Sales Department of Waltons and Co." or some other nonsense like that out of their mouths.

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I have only recently noticed that whenever I click on that "not interested" option from the three button icons and even report the video for racism, abuse and disinformation, like those videos about "muh Indian fatigue" by that Ibz guy, I somehow get even more videos recommended to me that are downright horrendous to Indian people. Its like either the algorithm of YouTube misfires and thinks that I am interested in seeing more hate filled slop content, or all this is some coordinated effort backed by various vested interests to fuel a dangerous narrative and a platform like YouTube is more than glad to legitimize these slopaganda farms because ultimately they are a corporation that only cares about the bottom line and profits and they are well aware how much engagement and revenue content of that type generates.

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